Transcript Poetry - Lockport City School District / Overview

Poetry
Vocabulary
Poetry
• Poetry is literature that uses a few
words to tell about ideas, feelings
and paints a picture in the readers
mind.
• Poems may or may not rhyme.
• They are meant to be read aloud.
Poetry Form
• Form- the way it looks on the page.
• LINE - a group of words together on one line of
the poem.
• STANZA - a group of lines arranged together
The Night Before Christmas
‘Twas the night before Christmas,
when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring,
not even a mouse;
Stanza
Sound Devices
• Elements of poetry that use one
type of sound related characteristic.
• Rhyme
• Rhythm
• And more…..
Rhyme
• Sounds that are alike at the end of
words, such as mouse and house.
• Near rhyming words- the words do
not exactly rhyme.
As dry leaves that before
the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle sky;
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Rhythm
• The beat of the poem.
• These are made up patterns of
strong and weak syllables.
SAMPLE RHYME
SCHEME
The Night Before Christmas
‘Twas the night before christmas,
when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring,
not even a mouse;
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b
c
b
Figurative Language and
other poetic devices
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Figurative language
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Figurative Language
• Words and phrases that help the
reader picture things in a new way.
Example:
More rapid than eagles
Imagery
• Helps you paint a picture or
imagine what is happening or
what the poet is feeling.
Example: The children were nestled
all snug in their bed……
Simile
• A comparison of two things using
the words like or as.
Example:
His cheeks were like roses,
his nose like a cherry!
Metaphor
• A comparison of two things
WITHOUT using “as or like”
Example:
The clouds are fluffy pillows.
Personification
• Giving an animal or an object
human qualities.
Example:
The house glowed with happiness.
Practice
• Split into groups of two
• Read a poem
• Try to find examples of the
following:
– Rhyming words
– Imagery
– Simile
– Metaphor
– Personification